PORTLAND CLASSIC

August 31, 2023

Linn Grant

Columbia Edgewater Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Linn Grant after her first round at the Portland Classic. Lots of birdies for you today. Were you surprised with all the scoring given the tricky conditions today?

LINN GRANT: I think I kept it well together. I hit my driver well off the tee which gave me a lot of opportunities.

It's soft out there, so if you kind of have your yardages in control there are going to be a lot of birdie opportunities.

So I holed a few of them, and it was just a nice round.

Q. Yeah. Did you have to transition anything in your game mentally after two really dry practice rounds and then a really wet first round?

LINN GRANT: No. I think if it gets wetter it's actually a bit easier. The ball kind of stops where it lands. It's easy to figure out what it's going to do.

So, no.

Q. Lots of birdies, especially on the front nine, which was your back nine today. What is it about those holes that make them such good scoring opportunities?

LINN GRANT: I don't know. I think, you know, playing the front nine you're a bit, first day, you know, not quite into it yet. So coming into the back nine there a bit more comfortable knowing where my ball was going and took advantage of the short par-5 there, No. 7.

Otherwise jut ;laying really solid.

Q. Is there anything that you like about this course particularly that maybe suits your game?

LINN GRANT: I like the tree-lined courses usually. I think it's easy to -- if it's too wide kind of gets tougher to me. I like it when we have a clear line where you're going. I like when it's soft.

So, yeah, I had a good feeling going into today. Hopefully for the rest of the week as well.

Q. Since your win a couple weeks ago how is your game just overall? How happy are you with everything and what's maybe the best part of what you're doing out there?

LINN GRANT: I think the best part is probably that even on a day like today, being tired this morning and going to the range and not quite feeling I had it and still being able to find something that works for me for the day, (indiscernible) work tomorrow, and then going out and still shoot a low score, I think that's what I've been really good at the past couple weeks.

Not getting too stressed when I'm not hitting the perfect shots or I'm not in control. Just going out with what I have for the day.